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biskviit

Yet another node module for handling http cookies. This module parses Set-Cookie header, stores the data to memory and returns valid value for Cookie header once needed based on the stored cookie data.

NB Requires iojs or Node v4+ to support some ES6 features used by this module. Might work with older Node versions as well but not tested

Usage

Install from npm

npm install biskviit --save

Require as Biskviit

var Biskviit = require('biskviit');

Create a cookie managing biskviit instance

var biskviit = new Biskviit(options);

Where

• options is an optional options object with the following properties:
  • sessionTimeout is the amount in seconds for default session length, used for cookies without an expire argument

Example

var Biskviit = require('biskviit');
var biskviit = new Biskviit({
    sessionTimeout: 5 * 60 // expire cookies after 5 minutes
});

set

To add new cookies to the storage use set

biskviit.set(cookieString, url)

Where

• cookieString is the value from the Set-Cookie: header
• url is the currently open URL that sent the cookie header

Example

biskviit.set('theme=light', 'http://example.com/');
biskviit.set('sessionToken=abc123; Expires=Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:18:14 GMT', 'http://example.com/');

get

To list all available cookies for a specified URL use get

var cookiesString = biskviit.get(url);

Where

• url is the URL the cookies are required for

Example

var cookiesString = biskviit.get('http://example.com/');
// theme=light; sessionToken=abc123

list

If you need to filter cookies as objects, use list

var cookiesString = biskviit.list(url);

Where

• url is the URL the cookies are required for

Example

var cookiesString = biskviit.list('http://example.com/');
// [{key: 'theme', value: 'light', expires: ...}, {key: 'sessionToken', value: 'abc123', expires: ...}]

License

MIT